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The Lodge in Friendship Village
by P. W. George

 

These Were Brethren

By Carl H. Claudy

 

The Man Who Would Be King (and other stories)

By Rudyard Kipling

 

Twice-Told Tales

By L. C. Helms

 

A Treasury of Masonic Thought

By Carl Glick

 

Tied to Masonic Apron Strings

By Stewart M. L. Pollard

 

Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry
by John J. Robinson

Many of Freemasonry's members have accepted the belief that the world's largest fraternal organization originated with the medieval stonemasons.  Robinson, in a spell-binding manner, asserts that Freemasonry's origins are with the Knights Templar order. Hard cover with jacket, 396 pages.  Indexed.

 

Two Crowns for America
by Katherine Kurtz

 

Book CoverFocault’s Pendulum
by Umberto Eco

A superb cerebral entertainment about three clever editors who have spent too much time reviewing crackpot manuscripts. On a lark, the editors begin randomly feeding bits of knowledge into an incredible computer capable of inventing connections between Templar Knights, Stonehenge, the Cabala, and Brazilian voodoo, among other things.  What they believe they are creating is a lazy game--until the game takes over and suddenly becomes all too real.

 

 

Book CoverThe Da Vinci Code
by
Dan Brown

Robert Langdon is a Harvard professor of symbology who can't stay out of trouble. Last seen in Angels and Demons (2000), this mild-mannered academic finds himself entangled in a deadly conspiracy that stretches back centuries. Visiting Paris on business, he is awakened at 2:00 a.m. by a call from the police: An elderly curator has been murdered inside the Louvre, and a baffling cipher has been found near the body. Aided by the victim's cryptologist granddaughter, Langdon begins a danger-filled quest for the culprit; but the deeper he searches, the more he becomes convinced that long-festering conspiracies hold the answer to the art lover's death.

 

Book CoverAngels and Demons
by Dan Brown

Crammed with Vatican intrigue and hi-tech drama. Packing the novel with sinister figures worthy of a Medici, Brown sets an explosive pace through a Michelin-perfect Rome. Brown's tale is laced with twists and shocks that keep the reader wired right up to the last revelation.

 

Book CoverHoly Blood, Holy Grail
b
y Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh

Explosive, thought-provoking, fiercely compelling, Holy Blood, Holy Grail breaks bold new ground with its shocking conclusions about the lineage of Christ and the legacy of the Holy Grail. Based on decades of research, filled with eye-opening new evidence and dazzling scholarship, this authoritative work uncovers an alternate history as shocking as it is believable -- as it dares to ask: Is the traditional, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete? Is it possible Christ did not die on the cross? Is it possible Jesus was married, a father, and that his bloodline still exists? Is it possible that parchments found in the South of France a century ago reveal one of the best-kept secrets in Christendom? Is it possible that these parchments contain the very heart of the mystery of the Holy Grail? According to the authors of this extraordinarily provocative, meticulously researched book, not only are these things possible -- they are probably true. So revolutionary, so original, so convincing, the most faithful Christians will be moved; here is the book that has sparked worldwide controversy

 

Who Moved My Cheese?
by Spencer Johnson MD

 

The Freemasons
by Jasper Ridley